Macro Lens Vs. Standard Lens

[Iron Flatline]

LOL, yeah, they say you can always spot the die-hard macro guys because when everyone else is enjoying the architecture or landscape, they're looking down at the ground

 

[nico]

Dragon flies tend to sit still after a while. It gives you ample time to photograph them. My last attempt though I moved slightly before clicking and the autofocus couldn't keep up. It wasn't the eyes in focus but the dragonfly's tail, and I didn't realise till I got home >_<

Macrophotography is hard, it requires patience to do, I highly recommend a tripod or a flash unit or both to go with it but once you master it you'll fell like nothing else in life matters anymore And you will quite literally look at the world through different eyes: http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1422/1048970286_6f09ea4fc9_b.jpg

Well I plan on getting a tripod and flash, but one thing at a time. As they say, Rome wasn't built (or photographed) in a day

 

[ketan]

Tcimages,
Are these all bugs captured with the 100mm macro? I have made up my mind to go for this lens.

 

[sabbath999]

You can get macro lenses in a bunch of different focal lengths... I personally shoot a Nikon 2.8 105 VR (if you are buying a Nikon 105, buy the older non-VR version by the way) simply because I shoot a lot of bugs with it... and bugs are less likely to move (or sting you) if you are a bit farther away.

Here's one from Sunday.

 

[nico]

Nice pic.
So if you were to try and take that kind of pic with a standard lens, what kind of output would you get?

 

[sabbath999]

What do you consider a "standard lens"?

Most people would call a 50mm a standard lens, and the answer is that honestly, I have no idea. I don't own one.

 

[TCimages]

LOL, yeah, they say you can always spot the die-hard macro guys because when everyone else is enjoying the architecture or landscape, they're looking down at the ground

You're so right. I get some weird looks sometimes. It's like being a kid again, chasing insects.

 

[TCimages]

Tcimages,
Are these all bugs captured with the 100mm macro? I have made up my mind to go for this lens.

Yes. They are all taken with the 100mm. You wont be dissapointed. BTW- It makes a fabulous portrait lens and it it allows infinity focus.

 

[Don Simon]

What do you consider a "standard lens"?

Most people would call a 50mm a standard lens, and the answer is that honestly, I have no idea. I don't own one.

AFAIK the common understanding of a "standard" lens is one that, being neither wide-angle nor telephoto, gives a similar angle of view to human vision. By that criteria, for 35mm film a standard lens is a 50mm lens (or a bit less according to some), for an "APS-C" sensor it's just over 30mm, and for a 6x6cm negative it's about an 80mm, for example.

In this case though I think the OP was using "standard" in a more general sense to refer to the kit lens, that being the standard lens that comes with the camera.

You're so right. I get some weird looks sometimes. It's like being a kid again, chasing insects.

Yep... except now using a glass lens to photograph them rather than to incinerate them

 

[nico]

Correct Zaphod.
When saying Standard lens I'm talking about the lens that normally comes with the kit. In this case, 18-55mm Canon lens. If you look on there website, they even identify these as "standard lenses"